Preparing for Parenthood Resources
Oh baby, we're pregnant - now what? Now we help answer all the questions and concerns you have and help you get ready for the biggest adventure of your life. As doctors, we've answered more questions than we could possibly include here. As parents, we've asked the very same questions, and have the same concerns. That's why we've chosen articles on the topics parents ask about the most. After all, an important part of our job is to help you navigate parenthood.
New parent checklist
These tools are recommended for expecting parents as they provide guidance during the exciting journey of welcoming a new baby into the world.
Getting ready for parenthood
- Contraception | World Health Organization
- Family planning and birth control | Healthy Texas Women
- Family planning program | Healthy Texas Women
- There's never a 'right' time for a baby — but these questions can help you decide | National Public Radio
- What you need to know about preparing financially for a baby | National Public Radio
- Before you get pregnant | Office on Women's Health
- Getting ready for pregnancy: preconception health | March Of Dimes
- Good health before pregnancy: pregnancy care | American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Planning a healthy pregnancy with a congenital heart defect | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Preconception health | Office on Women's Health
- Prepregnancy health | Planned Parenthood
- Should I change my lifestyle when I am planning a pregnancy? | Planned Parenthood
- What are prenatal vitamins? | Planned Parenthood
- What is prenatal care before pregnancy | Cook Children's
- Genetic counseling | Centers for Disease Control
- Learn more about family history | Centers for Disease Control
- Learn more about genetic counseling | Centers for Disease Control
- Causes of infertility | Office on Women's Health
- Fertility awareness: the menstrual cycle | Office on Women's Health
- Knowing if you are pregnant | Office on Women's Health
- Ovulation calculator | Office on Women's Health
- Trying to conceive | Office on Women's Health
- Trying to get pregnant? Here's when to have sex | American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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